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Table 6 Factors associated with routine health information among health care professionals at public health institution in North Gondar zone, Ethiopia, 2017

From: Routine health information utilization and associated factors among health care professionals working at public health institution in North Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

 

Routine health information utilization (n = 720)

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Poor

Good

Sex

 Male

67 (17.87%)

308 (82.13%)

1.55 (1.08, 2.22)

2.19 (1.47,3.27)**

 Female

87 (25.22%)

258 (74.78%)

1

1

Type of institution

 Hospital

80 (35.87%)

143 (64.13%)

1

1

 Health center

74 (14.89%)

423 (85.11%)

3.19 (2.21,4.62)

3.57(2.39,5.32)**

Professionals skill

 No

149 (22.51%)

513 (77.49%)

1

 

 Yes

5 (8.62%)

53 (91.38%)

3.08 (1.21,7.84)

 

Standard indicator

 No

134 (28.63%)

334 (71.37%)

1

1

 Yes

20 (7.94%)

232 (92.06%)

4.65 (2.83,7.66)

3.28 (1.90,5.65)

Data analysis skills

 No

130 (25.74%)

375 (74.26%)

1

1

 Yes

24 (11.16%)

191 (88.84%)

2.76 (1.73,4.41)

1.91(1.12,3.23)**

Information use culture

 Poor

91 (24.33%)

283 (75.67%)

1

 

 Good

63 (18.21%)

283 (81.79%)

1.44 (1.01,2.07)

 

Supervision

 No

85 (27.87%)

220 (72.13%)

1

 

 Yes

69 (16.63%)

346 (83.37%)

1.94(1.35,2.77)

 

Governance

 Poor

92 (29.77%)

217 (70.23%)

1

1

 Good

62 (15.09%)

349 (84.91%)

2.38 (1.65,3.43)

1.96 (1.31,2.95)**

Planning

 No

98 (27.76%)

255 (72.24%)

1

 

 Yes

56 (15.26%)

311 (84.74%)

2.13 (1.47, 3.08)

 

Feedback

 No

90 (27.11%)

242 (72.89%)

1

 

 Yes

64 (16.49%)

324 (83.51%)

1.88 (1.32, 2.70)

 

Position

 Management member

28 (29.79%)

66 (70.21%)

1

 

 Staff

126 (20.13%)

500 (79.87%)

1.68 (1.04, 2.73)

 
  1. **Variable significant at p-value less than 0.05